Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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T~E PRE5E~T I~VENTI0~ RELA~S to a zeolita-like materi~l hereinaftar
referred to a3 ~eolite ~ - 1, that is, nu l, to a method of making it
and to processes u~ing it a~ a catalyst.
Zeolite nu-l can be made from a ~ynthe~is mixture conta~ning a silica
~ource, an ~lumina source ana a met~ylated quaterna~y ammonium compound
and/o~ cationio degradation product thereof ~nd/or mixture~, for example
of trimethylamine and methanol, that produce a methylated quat0rnary
ammonium compound; alternati~ely the correspondin~ phosphonium compounds
can be used.
~ c~nsiderable number of zeolite preparations involving the tetra-
methylammonium cation has already been described. ~hese are surveyed in
"Zeolite Molecular Sieve~" by D W ~reck (Wiley - Inter~cience 1974~,
page3 304 ~ 312, 348 - 378. Ihe following is a list of what are believed
to be the most pertinent eOEamples, with reference~:
~-A, ~-X, ~-Y ~S 3306922
ZE-4 UE 1062879
~lpha ~K 107~130
omega UK 1178186
MA-07 ~MA-E Journal of -tha Chemical Society
~London) lg7oA~ 1470-1475
~S 3414602
ZSM-4 ~K patents 1117568, 1227294,
1297256, 1321460 nnd 1365318
TM~,offretite ~K 1188043
Zeolite nu~ , however, ehown by X-r2y ~nd other oharsoteri3ing
inform~tion to be diff0r~nt from theae and all other ~ynthetic and
na-tural zeolite~. The X-~ay data are pre~ented hereinafter as a recordar
chart (Example 13), a table Or intenl31tie~ derivad from a racorder chart
(Example 1~, a -table of int~n~ities derived directly from diffraction
; ~0 ~easura~ent~ (Eramples 3, 13, and 14) or the report of a comparison with
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a standard nu-l chart. ~he data were determined u~ing copper E alpha
radiation.
We believe that the diatinctive structure a~d properties of nu-l
result from exploration of syntheais at higher temperatures and higher
water contents than have previoualy been used, with hieh ailica to
alumina ratios.
The invention provides zeolite nu-1 ha~ing a composition in the range
;~ 0.9 to 1.~ ~2 A12~ 20 to 150 SiO2 . O to 4 ~2where R i~ one or more of hydrog~ ammonium, pho~phonium or - of a cation
; 10 of a metal of valency n and havin~ an X-ray diffraction patter~
when R is H sub~tantially as shown in ~able 1.
q~is definition include~ both freshly prepared zeolite nu-l ("frashly
prepared" means the product of ~ynthesis and waehing, with optional drying)
and alao forms of it resulting from dehydration and/or c lcination and/or
ion exchan~e. In freshly prepared nu-l ~ i8 or includes ammonium or phos-
phonium selected from methylated quaternary ammonium and meth~lated
; quaternary phosphonium and cationic degradation product~ thereof (referred
to hereinafter as Q) and may include an alkali metal, especially sodium.
The freshly-prepared material may also contain ~uaternary compound trapped
in the zeolite structure, but this doe~ not constitute pa~t of the com~
position Yor the purposes of the definition. q'he proportion of such
compound is typically 0.5 to 2.5 mols of Q2 per A120~.
The silica to alumina ratio i~ preferably at least 40.
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T~BLE 1
d (~) 100 I/Io d (A) 100 I~ o
8.87 18 3-965 73
8.28 69 ~.845 74
: 6.53 43 3.81 22
6.1g 75 3-687 16
4-43 52 3.503 29
. 4-3 51 3.256 27
: 10 4-08 37 ~.858 15
4.03 100
The ~2 co~tent of freshly prepared nu 1 depends on the conditions i~
which it has been dried after ~ynthesis.
I~ calci~ed forms of nu-l, R may be alkAli metal but includes le~s
. 15 or ~o ammonium or pho~phoDium compound9 sinoe ths~e are buInt out in the
presence of air, leavlng hYd~ogen a3 the b~lancing cation.
Among the ion-exchanged forms of nu-l the ammonium ~H4+) is of
importa~ce since it ca~ be readily c~erted to the hydroge~ form by
calcinationO ~he hydrogen-form and forms c~ntainin~ ~etal~ introduced
by ian e~chauge are described further below.
~he da~a ~how~ in ~able 1 include e~timated msasur~ment erTors and
repre~ent raDBs~ o~ variation such a~ are common in the zeolite art as
the re~ult of impurities~ o~ cban4~ in the aasocia~ed cations repre~nted
by R, and variations in detailed cry~tal structure within the 8cope of
the e~sential ~u-1 struc~ure. In paxtioular, the d-~pacin~ in ~sble 1
~ay be up to 4~ lar6er or 2~ omaller, the zeolite way co~t~in a combin-
; ation o~ nu-l rorms from varlous part~ of the d-~p~clng r~nge, and in
certaln forma the 6.5 - 6~6 A line may be 0plit into two. The accomp~yi~
: dr~wlng refer~ to the hiBh d-spacin~ type with the ~plit ~e~k.
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Zeolite nu~ characterised ~urther by the following dye absorption
propertie~:
(a) cationic dye~
acriflavine nil
phenoaafranine nil
carbocyanine ve~y strong, pulple or puIple~ lue
methyl red very strong
toluyl~ne red nil
(b) other dyes
aliz~rin weak
aurin nil
aluminon nil without ~MA
The determination of these propertiea in compari~on with other zeolites
i8 described in Example 21 below.
Zeolite nu-l is yet fur~her characterised b~ itB ad30rption capacity
for moleculea of various sizea. The following % w~w adcorpti~e capacitie~
at p/po = 0.5 were observed for the hydrogen ~u-l of Example 8, which ia
` believed to be typical:
;- TABL~ 2
:;~. ~
water 25C 608
: n - hexane 25C 2.7
. iaobutane 25C 0.9
: p - xylone 25 & nil in 2 hour~
1~9 in 24 hour~
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The slow adsorption of p - xylene suggest that nu-l has internal spaces
large eno~gh to accommodate the p - xylene molecule, but that the entrance-
po~ts -to such space~ are small, probably about 6.o A.
~rom Table 2 it i9 evider~t that zeolite nu-l absorbs water to a
greater extent than n~- hexane by a factor of 1.5 to 4.0, based on weight
percentage3. Zeolite nu-l iB therefore to be considered a3 ~alling
within the cla3~ of ~o-called "hydrophilic" zeolites, even though its
silica to alumina ratio can be over 30 and thus at a level previously
di3closed to be characterised by hydrophobic behaviour, t~at i9, absor~ing
more n - hexane than water.
Whereas other characteriRing properties of nu-l may yet be found7
it is characterised particularl~ by it~ catalytic properties, in the
~ydrogen form, of high activity for xylenes i~omerisation a~d ethyIbenzene
conversion, ~ith selectivity agaInst xYl~nes disproportionation.
-~ 15 Ihe in~ention provides alao a method of making zeolite nu-l by
reacting an a~ueou~ mixture comprising at lea~t Qne 3ilica source, at
least one alumina source and at least one methylated quater~ary a~mon-um
or methylated quaternary phosphonium compound, the mi~ture having the
molar compoF~ition
SiO2/A1203 at least 10, preferably 20 -to 200,
especially 40 to 100
0/SiO2 0 to 0.4, especially 0.05 to 0.25
( ~2~ + Q20)/SiO2 0.1 to 6.o~ prefera~ly 0.1 to 5.0,
especially 0.2 to 0.3
~20/(~a20 + ~ ) 5 to 500, e6pecial1y 100 to 300
Q2/(Na2 ~~ Q2) -5 to 1.0, especially 0.4 to 0.7
where ~ i~ methylated quaternary ammonium or methylated quate~nary
pho3phonium
Na20 and Q2 refer to free ~a20 and Q2 only-
The expreasion3 "free Na20" and "rree Q2" are generally understood
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in the zeolite art to denote hydroxides or salts of ve~y weak acids
such as aluminic or silicic acid such that ~uch ~a20 ~nd Q2 are effective
~n the zeolite ~ynthesi~ reaction. If water~la33 is used as a silica
souxce, the content of free ~a20 and/or ~0 cen be decrea~ed to ~ithin
th~ specified range by ad~;ng acid or adding alumina and/or Q in tne fo~m
of a 3alt of a strong acid, for example as sulphate, nitrate or halide.
rnhe ~ilica source can be ~ny of those commonly considered for u3e
in synthe~ising zeolit2s, for 2x~mp1e powdered ~olid 9ilica~ 3iiicic
acid, colloidal ~ilica or di~olved ~ilica. Among the powdered silicas
usable ar~ precipitated silicas, especially thoss made by precipitati~n
from a~ alkali metal silicate solution~ such as -the type known a3
"~S 300" m2de by AEZ0, and s~ilar product3, aerosil silicas, fume
3ilicas and silica gels suitably in grade~ for use as reinforcing pigments
for rubber or silico~e rubber. Colloidal silicas of variou~ particle
sizes may be used, for example 10 - 15 or 40 - 50 microns, ~s sold
under the Reg~ster~d ~rade ~ark~ "LUDQ~ LCO~GI' and "SY~Q~". rrhe
uaabla dissol~Jed ~ilicas iQclude commercially available water~las3 silicates
containing 0.5 to 6.o, especially 2.0 to 4.0 mol~ of SiO2 per mol of
alkali metal oxide, "active" alkali metal silicates as defi~ed in UE
20 Pa-tent 119~254, and silicate~ made by di~solving silica in al~ali metal
or quate~na~y hydroxide as preliminary stage in making the synthesis
mixture,
The all~;na source is most conveniently sodium alumi~ate, bu~ can
be or include an aluminiu~ an aluminium salt for example the chloride,
nitrate or sulphate or alumina itself7 which should preferably be in a
`. hydrated or hydratable form Ruch as colloidal all~in~ pseudobohmite,
- bg~ite, gam~a alumina or the alp}~ or beta trihydrate.
In the reactio~ Mixture for ~ynthesi~ing nu-l at lea~t part of ihe
;. al~mina can be provided in th~ form of one or more alumi.no~ilica-Ge3.
30 The alumino~ilicate compo~nd provide~ preferably at least 20~9
. - esp~cially 5~ - 10~% of the altmina source. If the alumi~o~.ilicate
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compound contains sufficient silica, it can provide -the whole of the
si1ica soul~ce. ~owever7 since 1the silica -to alumina ratio of zeolite
nu-l is much hi~her th~n that of readily available alu~ino~ilica-te
compounds~ the reaction mi3*ure ~ill no~mally contain a further silica
source.
The alnminosilicate compound can be synthetic or naturally-
occurring. If it is synthetic it can for example bea c~ystalline compound,
such as a zeolite or an amorphous compound suoh as a gel or a zeolite
precursor or a silica/alumina cracking catalyst. If it is naturally-
OCCUrriQg it may be for example a clay such as kaolin (especially in
the form known as metakaolin made by calcination of kaolin at 500 - 950
C, especially 5~0 - 600 C), or one or more of attapulgite, dickite,
balloysite, illite or montmorillonite. A naturally-occurring zeolite
may be used if desired. Substances such a~ nepheline and kalsilite, which
are available natulally or synthetically, can be usedO In assembling
the reaction ~ixture, account ~hould be taken of other reactant~ introduced
as part of the alu~inosilicate material, ~uch as water and alk li metal
compounds; and preferably any interferin~ constituents such as compou~ds
of Group II elements should be substantially absent. The alumino-
silicate compound used can be one that has been made by treating with
acid or with non-in-terfering catione the corresponding compound containin~
interfering cations. If deaired, the aluminosilicste o~n have been
-~ d~-alumlnised by acid or chromium leaching.
The use of aluminosilicate atartin~ ~aterial make~ possible a
variant of the me-thod in whioh suoh a material is introduoed in ~haped
particulate form (e~pecially as approximately spherical granules 1 -
10 nm in diameter of cylindrical comipre~sed pellet~ or extrusions 2 -
10 mm in diameter and 5 - 20 mm in length) and the silica content,
temperature and time are chosen 80 a~ to effect conversion to zeolite
nu-l only in the outer portion~ of those particles. By thia method
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zeolite nu-l can be obt~i~ed directly in shaped particles and the agglom-
eration procedures necessary for making such particles from powder are
unnecessary. Typical conditions for ~uch a variant of the method include
SiO2 / Al203 12 - 25
temperature 150 - 200C
time 1.5 to 3.0 days
~he water content of the reaction mixture is preferably over 5009
especially in the range 1000 to 4000 mol~ per mol of Al203.
~he relative proportions of Q2 and Na20 can be cho~en in relation
to the intend~d sodium co~tent of the zeolite produced, the sodiu~
content and thus the need for ion-exchange be~ng lower, thc lower the
;~ proportion of ~a20. ~he preferred range 0.4 to 0.7 iB of gs~ral u~e-
f`ulness in gi~in~ a zeolite requiri~g a moderately intense ion ~xohange
treatment, yet without the hieh cost of a hieh proportion of Q2.
~he reaction should be continued until preferably but not beyo~d
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the time when the zeolite product contains at least 5G~ w/w of nu-l.
qhis ti~e depends on the temperature and relative conce~tra~ion~ of rea-
ctants and on the whether the reaction mi~ture i~ quiescent or agitated.
- If the time of reaction is excessive, then zeolite nu-l ia converted
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into other products. The reaction i~ followed preferably by sampling
; ths mixture and examining it at intervals. A typical reaction time is
in the range 12 to 300 hours. The temperature i~ suitably in the range
80 ~ 300C, preferably 135 ~ 280 and eepeoially in the ran~e 150 - 250C.
.
In addition to the ingredient~ already m~ntioned, the reaotion mixture
can contai~ ~eed zeolite and/or a mineralising a4~nt cuoh ag a nitrate,
halide or ~ulphate of an alkali metal. Suoh an ag~nt may be added as
~uch or formed ln ~itu by the reacti~n of an aIkAli metal hydroxide,
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aluminate or sil~cate with the appropri~te aoid or quaternary or alum~nium
salt.
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At the end of the reaction, the ~olid phaae iB collected on a
filter and washed and i8 then ready for further steps ~uch as drying,
dehydration and ion-exchange.
If the product of the reaction contains alk~li metal ions9 the~e
have to be at least partly removed in order to prepare the hydrogen form
of nu-l, and this can be done by io~ exchange with an acid, e~pecially
a stro~g mineral acid ~uch a~ hydrochloric acid or by way of the ammonium
compound, m~de by ion exoh~nge with a solut~on of an ammonium salt auch
as a~monium chloride. &ch ion exchange can be carried out by slurTying
once or sever?l times with the solution. The zeolite is u~ually calcined
after io~ exchange a~d may be calcined before or between ~tages.
In general, the cation(s) of zeolite nu-l can be replaced by any
cation(s? of metals, and particularly by those in
Groups IA, IB, IIA, IIB, III (including rare e rths), VIIA (including
mangane~e), VIII (including ~oble matal~) and by lead and bismuth. (qhe
Periodic ~able is as in "~bridgments of Sp0cification~" published by the
~E Patent Office).
In order to prep æ e a cataly~t zeolite nu-l can be incorporated in
an inorganic matrix, with other material~ which can be either i~ert or
catalytically active. The matrix may be precent ~imply aB a binding
aB~nt to hold the amall zeolite particlee (0.005 to 10 mioron~) together,
-~ or it ~ay be added as a diluent to control the amount of oonversion ina proceas which may otherwiae proce0d at too high a rat0, leadin~ to
cataly~t fouling a~ a re~ult of exces~lve ooke formatiQn. ~ypical
inorganic dilu0nta includa catalyst support materiala such a~ alumina~
eilica and kaolinio claya, b~ntonites, montmorillonitas, ~epiollt0,
attapulglte, ~llar~ oarth, ~ynth0tic porou~ materlals 0uoh ae SiO2 -
~1203, SiO2Zro27 SiO2-ThO2, SiO2-~eO, sio2-~rio2, or ~ny oombination of
these oxides. An effective wa~ of mixing zeolite nu-l with auch
dilu~t~ ia to mix appropriate aquaous ~lurrie~ in a ~L~ing nozzle and
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then to spray-dry the slurTy. Other ways of mixing can be used.
If zeolite nu-l in any cationic for~ or as a catalytic composite is
e~changed or impregnated with hyrogenation/dehydrogenation components,
~uch as Ni, Co, Pt, Pd, Re, Rh, hydrocracking and reforming catalyst~
can be made, e3pecially if the ~a20 content is less than o.O~yo w/w.
A preferred hydxocarbon conversion process according to this inven-
tion comprises contacting a feed of an alkylbenzene or a mixture of
alkylbe~zenes under isomerisation conditions in the vapour or liquid
phase with a catalyst comprising zeolite nu-l, especially in the preferred
hydrogen form with a sodium oxide conte~t of le~s than 0.15% w/w.
In the vapour phase~ suitable isomerisatio~ conditions include a
temperature in the range 100 to 600C9 preferably 200 to 450C and a
pressure in the range 0.5 to 50, preferably 1 to 5, atmospheres absolute
(ata).
In the liquid pha~0, suitable isomerisation conditions include a
temperature in the range o to 350C, a pressure in the range 1 to 200,
preferably 5 to 70 ata and, ~n a flow sy~tem, a space velocity in the
range 1 to 100, preferably 1 to 30 w/w hour, the higher flow rates being
used at the higher temperature~. Optionally a diluent is present, ~uit-
ably one or more of those having a critical temperature higher than the
isomerisatio~ temperature being used and including toluene9 ethyl-
b~nzene, trimethylbenzene, naphthenes and paraffins. Preferably, the
diluent if pre~en-t, amounts to 1 to 90~ by weight of the feed to the
isomerisation reaction. In the above-mentioned processes the catalyst
preferably contains no hydrogenation/ dehydrogenation component .
Option~lly the iaomeriaation reaction ia conducted in the prssence
of hydrogen. A ~uitabl~ mole ratio of hydrc~0n to alkylb~nzene lie9 in
the range 3 to 3D:l. If hYdrogen is used, it 1~ preferrad that the oat~lyst
~hould compris~ a metal of Group VIII of the Perlodic Table together
with the zeolite. Pr0ferably the metal of Group VIII is platinum. 'The
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amount of metal used preferably lies in the range 0.1 to 2% by weight
of metal bazed on the total weight of catalyst. If desired, the catalyst
may contain one or more additional metals, for example rhenium, suit-
ably in the range 0.1 to 2% by weight based on the total weight of cat-
aly~t.
; Preferably the alkylb~nzene is a xyle~e, for example m-xylene for
conversion to p-xYlene, or a m;~tura of xylenes, possibly with ethyl-
b~nzene. The ~mount of ethylbenzene presQnt will depend to so~e ext~nt
on the source of the xylene~ mixture but will uaually lie in the range
0 to 25~ by weight of the feed~tock. In certa~n prior art xylenes
isomerisation processes it is necessary to limit the amount of ethylbenzene
in the feedstock to a relatively small amount, say less than ~% as above
this level9 the catalysts used cannot break down the ethylbenzene, ~hich
therefore tends to build up in recycle stream~. ~he proce~s of
the inv~ntion is a~le to handle feedstoc~s containing relatively high
(e.g 6 ~ 25%) as well as relatively low amounts of ethylbenz~ne.
The isomerisation may be carri~d out in the presence of water vapour
in a concentration of, for example 500 to 10,000 and preferably 1000
to 5000 paFts per million by weight of the feedstock.
In the following Examples the ingT0dients had the following prope~ties:
Silica AKZ~ KS ~00 98.9~ SiO2 1-1% ~a20
~odlum alumlnate forDula 1.25 Na20 . A1203
~oa~ rspre~ent~ tetrum~thylammonlu~ hydroYide and th~ ~olution used
' contained 2y% w/w of TMA0~.
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met~kaolin formula A1203 . 2 SiO2~ ~r0parod by caloining kaolin in
air for 17 hou~ at 550C.
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Eor this prepara~ion the ~ynthesi~ mixture had the compocition
~120~ . 59.3 SiO2 . 12.65 Na20 . 10.76 Q~ . 36.06 0~ . 3580.3 ~2-
12
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Solid 8ilica (36 g of AX20 ~rade KS 3003 wa3 ~uspendea i~ a m;~ture of
39.2 g of ~$~0~ solution a~d 500 g water. Na~t 1.8 g solid sodium
aluminate a~d 8.6 ~ ~olid sodium hydroxide were di~solvea in 115 g water
and 3tirr~d into the silica ~u~pension (10 mlnute~ he resulting ~lurTy
w-qs neated for 8 d3~s at 170C Ln a 1 litre Pyrex (R.T.M.) liner in a 5
litre autoclave without a~itation. ~fter coolin~ to abou-t 6CC, th~ :
~lurry was filt~red and waah0d with 500 mle hot water, and dried at 120C.
I~e product, zeGlite nu-l, had the X-~ay dif~raction data ~hown iQ Table
3 and the compositio~ 0.7 ~a~0 o -3 ~2 . A1203 . 52 SiO2 ~ 6 H~0 where
Q i9 tetramethyl ammonium, and a cry~tallite size of about 5 micr~ns.
~hi~ product was calcined in air overni~ht at 550& and was found
to have subatEntially the same X~ray diffraction pattern ~9 the hydrated
tetIame~bylammonium-containi~ zeslite nu-l.
, TABLE
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d(~) 100 I/lo d(A) 100 l/Io
~ 19-4 2.5 4.01 100
" 1 11.33 ~.5 3-9~ 3B
.80 8.0 3-83 62
8.23 41 3-51 35
- 6.94 2.5 ~-42 24
. 6.49 32 3^24 11
S-l 6.17 55 S 3.19 11
. 5~61 11 3.08 11
- 25 5~34 10 2.9B 11
4.~ 2.94 5
: 4~2B 49 2.~5
2.76
: 2.73 4
. 3D 2.~7 10
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~ote~: K denote~ a line identified as ~enyaite
S denotes line~ identified as ~odalite
S-l de~otes a nu-l line re.inforced by a neighboring sodalite line
EXAMPLæ 2
~he calcined product of kxa~ple 1 waa slurTy-exc~u~d three time~
with its own weight o 10~ ammonium chloride ~olution at 25C for 1 hour
for each e~ch~nge stage. ~ha produot was oalcined in air overnight at
550C, and was found to have ~ub~ta~tiall~ the same ~-ray diffraction
pattern as the zeolite nu-l orig~nally made in Erample l, a crystallite
size of about 5 ~ and the composition:
o.ol ~a20 . Al203 55 SiO2
~his hydrogen nu-l zeolite had a water adso~pti~e capacity of 3.5%
w/~ (p/po = 0.7, 25C)~ and ad~orbed ~ wjw n hexane (p/po = o.6 25C).
It did not sie~ifioantly adsorb p-xylen0. ~hese result~ sugge~t a window
size of at least 5A, but les~ th~n 6~.
~he hydrog0n zeolite nu-l of Example 2 wa~ employed as a catalyst
in the isomeri~ation of 2yleQe mixtures containing only 7% p-xylene and
11% ethylbenzene. It wa~ found that the catalyst e~hibited ~ery low
;~ decay rates, and ~ave virtually oo~plete ~nd ve~ ad~antagaou~ convarsion
~` of ethylbe~zene to disthylbenzffne; it also gava very low xylene 108B.
qhe p-~ylene lift to equilibrium level~ ~n zeolit0 ~u-l was obtained ~t
a temperatura 200C lower tban on SiO2/~1203 ~yl~ne i~meri~ation ¢at~lyst.
a~
y~L~ Laod1u~ ~ont~nt
0.9 ~ ~odium alumin~te powder hnd 2.2 g ~odium hydroxid~ pallats
wara disaolYed in 300 ml water. 29.4 g of ~MAOH ~olutian wer~ added to
thia solution and 18 g fin0 ~ili¢a stirrad into it. ~h0 r0~ultin~ ~uBp~sion
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was stirred for 1 hour at 60 C and then main~ained a~ 170 C in an autoclave
for 6~ days. The reaction mixture thus had a compo3ition wi-th molar
; xatios a~ follow~:
SiO2/A1203 = 60; Na20/SiO2 = 0.11; (~a20~0)/SiO~ = 0.25; ~2/
(Na20 -~ Q2) =250; Q20/(~a20 + Q2) = 57 where Q is tetra~et~yl_
am~onium. The mixture after cooling to room temper~-ture wa3 filtered,
washed with water, and dried in air at 120. The re~ulting finely
di~ided 301id was sluITy-exchanged by suspen3ion in a solution of 20g
am~onium chlorlde in 300 ml water at 50 for 0.5 hour. ~he ~eolite formed
was filterea off and wa~hed with water. 4t this atage the sodium con-tent
of the zeolite wa3 0.14% ~a~ by wei~ht. The material was then c~lcined
at 500C for 16 hol~s. Three fu~ther treatment3 with the ammonium chloride
solution reduced the sodium conte~t to 9.08% ~a.
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Pellet~ con3iating of 67~ zeolite in th~ hydrogen form prepared aa
described in Example 4 and 3~ pseudobohmite alumina (2~% water) were
-~ prepared~ 7 ~ of pellets were placed in a laboratory-~iz0 reactor for
~yle~es isomariaation. A feed of mixed xylenas (composition as ehQwn in
'rable 4) was pa~3ed over the catalyat at ~low~ ~arying from lOcc to 15ce
per hour. 'rhree run3 totalling 24 houIa each were made at 450C and d~rin~
each run t~e cat~lyst ahowed no lo~a of aCtivi-~J. ~t -the e~d of eaeh rUn9
examination of -the ca'caly~t revealed only ve~y ali~ht evidenee of earbo~
lay-dow~ on the c~talyat. ~he feed compoaition and product compoaition
in tha -thres ru~ are ahown in 'rablQ 4.
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Co oaition of Compoaition oP Product
~ Run 1 Run 2
3anzane 0.05 0~90 0.71 o.69
'roluana O~27 0.74 5~ 0.60
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Paraxyle~e 8.38 18.92 17.94 17.57
Metaxylene 54.77 47.94 48.47 4a.65
Ortho~ylene 29.30 25.94 26.43 26.54
Aromatic C9t~ 0.3 - 0.53
Aromatic ClOIs 0.05 - 0.05
n-C9 paraffin 1.20 - undeterm~d 0.75 undeterm'd
The xYlenes 108~ by di~proportionation in each run ~as about 0.7
ba~ed on the toluene fo~med. In conv~ntional isomeriaation processe~
using ~ilica/alumina catalysts, a 1088 o~ abo~t 2~ u~ually occur~ and
the activity of such catalyste usually declines in simil~r experiment~,
ER~PLæ 6
The process described ;n Example 5 waa repeated u~ing the same cat-
alyst and unde~ the same conditio~a except that the feed contained a
relatively large amount of ethyl benzene. The feed ~ompo~ition and
product compositiQn in 2 rUtl8 are shown ;n Table 5.
Compo~itio~ of Product
Feed ~w~ RNn 1 ~un 2
- Benzene - 1.31 1.42
Toluene 0.27 -59 o.60
n-ncnane 1-35 1.09 1.16
Ethyl~enzene 12.20 9-46 9-42
Para-xylene 7-58 16.52 16.47
Meta-xylene 51-27 46.18 46007
Ortho-xylene 27. 34 ` 24.18 24.a6
~rom~tic C9 0.34
~romatic C10 0.05
q~his e~ample ~how2 that the catalyst co~prising nu-l zeolite iB
abla to handle a feed~tock contailling a relatively large amou~t o:E
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ethylbenzene, the latter bei~g cracked to form benzene.
~he acti~ity and selectivity of the hydrogen form of zeolite
nu-l of ~xample 4 were better th~n those of the sample prepared in ~xample
2. The reason~ for this are not altogether cl2ar but it is believed
that among the fa¢tors playing a part may be the followin~
(a) the ~maller crystallite size of the Example 4 zeolite, most
of the crystallites being less tha~ 1 ~ in size.
(b) the rolatively low sodiuM content of the Example 4 zeolite.
(c) the modified method of preparation; (i) whereas in Examples
1 and 2 the zeolite wa~ washed, dried at 120C, calcined a~ 550C9
! slurry-exchanged with ammonium chloride solution and then again calcined,
in Example 4 calcination was carried out only after the slurry-exchange
with ammonium chloride; and (ii) in the reaotion mixture a rather higher
ratio Q20~ a20 was u~ed than in Example 1.
EXAMPLE 7
E~ample 1 was repeated subject to the modification that the s~nthesis
was carried out under 20 ata pressure of nitrogen &nd without agitation,
80 as to ensure quiescent conditions. ~he product had the composition
7 Na20 2 3 ~ 0 . A1203 . 52 SiO2 . 10.5 ~ O
of which about 2.0 molecules of Q2 axe non-~truGtural and a cry~tallite
;~ size of 3 to 5 micron~. Its X-ray diffraotion pattern was typical of
zeolite nu-l.
EXAMPLE 8
Prsparation of hxdxo~n form Df nu~l
~he product of Exa~ple 7 (1.~ w/w ~a20~ was mix~d with 2 ml of ~
w/w hydrochloric acid per gram of product. The mixture was boiled under
; ~ reflux for 5 hour~, then filtered and wa~hed with demineraliaed water.
The wa~hed proauct (0.~ w/w ~a20) wa~ re-~lurried with 60 ml of o.~6~%
w/w hydrochloric acid per gr~m of solid, held at 50C for 1 hour, the~
3~ filtered, wash~d wlth deminer~ ed water r~nd dried. The dried produot
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: contained 0.019% w/w ~a20. It was then calcin~d at 450C overnight to
effect controlled buDn-off of its content of tetramethylammonium without
excessive temperature rise. The caicined product had the composition
o.ol ~a20 . A1203 . 50 sio2
Its % w/w adsorption capacity for water and n-h OE ane was measured at 25 C,
p/po 0.5, with the following results:
water 6.8
isobutane 0.9
n-hexane 2.7
p xylene nil after 2 hour3, 1.9 after 24 hours
These adsorption data sug~o~t that ports into the zeolite structure are
of diam0tar not over 6.0 ~.
The X-ray diffraction data for this hydrogen nu-1 are set out in
~able 6.
When tested a~ in Examples 5 and 6, this zeolite sample was more active
and selecti~e th~n th~t of Example 4.
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Prepa~ation on a larger ~cale
Example 7 wa~ repeated with the modification that the aoale was on
the basis of~46.~ g of~the ~odium aluminate (0.26 mol of A1203) and that
~ynthesis was carried out at 180C for 3 days in a "Pyrex" (R.~.M.) -
lined 25 litre autocla~e. The product was found by X-ray diffraction
to be very ~imilar to that of ~xample 7. It~ compo~ition, after drying
at 120C, was
Na2 2-2 Q2 A123 49-9 SiO2 . 8.9 ~2
Of the 2.2 Q2 about 1.1 moleoule~ are loosely bound, leaving 1.1 moleoules
fo~ming part of the zeolite ~tructure.
~MPLE 10
Example 1 was repeated u~ing 25% le8~ water and with a synthesis
time of 6 days at 180 C, i~ a 5 litre "Pyrex" (~.T.M.)-lined autoolave
without agitation and without gas under pres~ure. The produot after
drying at 120C had the compo~ition
34 a20 1.9 ~ 0 A1203 40 SiO2 9.2 H20
of which 1.1 moleoules of Q2 are non-struoturPl. It~ X-ray diffraotion
pattern was of the low d-spaoing type similar to the produo-t of Example 7.
'` EX~E 11
mixture having the oampo3ition
1-89 ~a20 13~75 Q2 A1203 59-3 SiO2 1930 ~2
was reacted on the soale of 3.3 g of ~odium aluminate (O.Ola mol A1203)
was reaoted quie~oently in a ~'Pyre~" (R.~.M0)-lined 5 litre autoolave
under 80 ata nitrogen preasure at 170C for 8 days. qhe ~olid pha~e wa3
collected on a filter, wa~hed, dried at 120 C, and then had the oompo~ition
~a20 1-6 Q2 ~123 66 SiO2 7 ~ 0
~! of which o.6 moleoule f Q2 is non-struotural.
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It~ X-r~y diffraction patte~n differed fro~ that of ~ablP 1 in
having doubled main peaks, sugge3ting that it consisted of a mlxture of
low d and high d material.
~LE 1
Example 11 was repeated subject to the ~odification~ that the synthe~i3
was carried out in a 1 litre s-tainleas steel au-toclave with stirring a-t
500 rpm. Sample~ were taken at intervals and exa~ined by X-ray diffraction.
From 17 hours to 89 houra reaction time, at which the gynthesi3 was volun-
tarily stopped, the solid phase contained zeolite nu-l as it~ sole
c~ystalline constituent. Its X-ray diffraction pattern wa~ sub3tantially
the sa~e a~ that of~Example 11, except the peak at 6.6 A was split.
S~thesis mixturea of very low ~odium co~tent
(~) A reactio~ mixture of oompo~ition
- 4 ~a2 5-4 Q2 A123 59-3 SiO2 . 1059 ~2
was prepared uaing a all~m~n~ cource 6.2 ~ of paeudobohmite oont~nln~
200 ppm of ~a20 and introducing it by diasolving it in qM~0~ solution at
60C for 1 hour. It waa then reacted in a 1 litre stainle~s ~t0el auto-
clave at 180C for 24 hours with agitation. The product after wa~h~ng
and drying at 120C overnieht had the compoeition
0.09 Na20 2-9 Q2 ~ ~12~ 47-8 SiO2 4-1 ~2
; of which 1.9 molecule~ of Q2 are non~truotural.
Ita X-r~y diffraction pattern waa a~ ahown in Table 7 and the accom-
- panying drawin~. The d ap~oine~ ~r~ about 1% higher th~n in ~ablo 1 ~nd
two pe~k~ occur at 6.5 - 6.6 A.
(b) A reaction mixture of compo~ition
~,~ 0.008 ~a20 5-4 Q2 A123 60 Si2 945 ~
wea prepared ac ln (a), but using i~Bredl~nt0 ~elected to introd~c~ atill
lea~ aodium. After a ~y~theci~ time of 4~ hour0 but otherwiae in the
condition of (a) the product hRd the compOaitiQn and X-ray diffraction
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pattern ~imilar to (a).
It is thus posaible to produce zeolite nu-l directly in a ~ub-
sta~tially sodium-free form, cQnvertible to the hydrogen form without
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reactiou mi2~lre similar to that of Example 1 and havin~ the Compo8ition
7 ~a20 5-2 Q ~ . A1203 . 60.5 SiO2 . 3783 ~ O
was reacted qulescently for 1 d~y at 230C under autoge~ou3 pre~sure. The
601id pha8a, after washin~ and dL-yLng contained ~lpha-quartz as impurity
and a nu-l component havin~ inter alia the followl~g line~ in it8 X-xay
diffraction pattern:
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d A
8.98 ~7
8.39 55
6.60 39
~-27 57
: 4.48 53
4.~4 . 48
4-13 41
4.07 . 100
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~-555 26
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Comparison wlth the patterns ~or Example~ 1 and 8 ~how0 that thi~ i~ ~n
example of the high d spacing type of zeolite nu-l.
~ LE 15
ExaYpla 7 wa~ rapeated wlth the modif~catic~ that th~ mixtura wa~ reacted
: at 250 & for 24 houxa. ~h~ ~roduct wa~ nurl o~ the hlgh d ~pacin~ type
eimllar to that o~ Example 15.
EX~MPLE 16
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Ihree synthesis 2UnB were carried out uei~g a reaeti~n mixture having
the molar compositio~
5.4 ~a20 5.6 Q2 o A1203 55-6 SiO2 3327 a2o
In each run sodium aluD~ate (2.4 6) ~odium hydroxide (3.8 g) a~d
IMAOH (54 g of solutio~) were di~solved in 300 g water and the resulting
801ution was stirred i~to a ~uspension of ailica KS 3DO (45 g) in 458 g
water.
(a) To one mdxture w~re added 4.5 g of zeolite nu-l of the low d spacin~
type made in E~ample 10 abo~e. The resulting seeded mi~rture waa heat0d
at 180C for 24 hour~. ~ha solid phase wan oollected on a filter, wa~hed
and dried. Ita X-ray dirfraction pattern wa~ aub~tantially the same aa
that of the product of EYa¢ple 149 that iB, a hi~h d ~pacing ~plit peak
; variant of zeolite nu,l.
.` 15 (b) The ~econd n~nrture was heated at 180C without any additio~ of seed
zeolite. Conversion to zeolite nu-l took 72 hou~. It~ X-ray diffraction
- pattern was substantially the ~ame a~ tbat of the product of Example 14,
that iB~ a ~plit peak variant of zeolite ~u~l.
(c) The thdrd ~ixture was seeded with 2.5 g of zeolite nu-l of the ~plit
peak type produced in E~ample 13. It~ X-ray dif~raotion pattern wa~ th~
same a~ that of tha ssed ~eolite.
~XAMP~E 17
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y~th~si3 ~xtur~ of oompo~itlon
3.74 ~2 ~ 17 ~ O . ~1203 . 120 8102 . 3527 ~ O
wa~ mdde up be dissolYln~ aodlum aluuL~late (1.8 ~), 80diu~ hydroxlde (2 ~)
. ~MAO~ (124 g of ~olution) ln 200 6 water ~d ~tirrla~ the re~ultin~ ~olu~ic~
: into a suspss0i~n Or ~llio~ B 300 (72 g) in 340 ~ w~ter. The ml~ture WB8
raaoted i~ ~ 1 litre "PDro~" ~R.~ lined ln a 5 libre rooh~4g au~ool~ve
3D under 20 ata nltro~n pre~sur0 at 170C ~or 3 day~. ~he solid p~a~e wan
: 25
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collected on a filter, w hed and dried. It had the compoaition
0.1 11a20 . 2.2 Q2 ~ Al 2~5 I20 SiO2 . 4. 3 EI20
Ita X-ray diffracti~n pattern wa~q subatanti~lly the sa~e as that of the
produot of Esample 12, that i8, the multiplc peak variant of zeolite
nu-l.
~ he raaction mistur~ was aa 0hown in ~abl~ 9. Ihe ~oaium hydroxide
was disaolved in tha mixture of TM~0~ solution and water. The ~ilica and
metakaolin were dispar~ed in the reaulting mixtur~ with Yi~orous atirTin~.
The slurry wa~ then reaoted quieaoently for 8 days at 180C in a "Pyr~x"
(R.T.M.)-lined autoclave in the pre~ence of gaaeous nitro~en at 20 a~a
preasure, then let-down and cooled to almoat 60C. The qolid phaae wa~
colle¢ted on a filter, washed with 1 litre of hot water, driad for 17
;
houra at 80C and exa~Lned for chemical cQmposition and by X-ray diff-
racti~n. Ita compoaitian was
0-7 ~a20 ~ 2.1 ~ 0 ~1203 55 SiO2 . 7 ~2
and ita X-ray diffraotion pattern waa subatantially the a~me a~ that of
; lo~ d ~psci=6 type nu-l ~eol~te.
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The reaction mixture waa as shDwn in ~able 10. ~he procedure was the
same a~ in E~ample 18, except that the reaotion time was 3 day~ and the
reaction was carried out in a rocking autoclave with gl~ss linin~. During
the reaction the silica/alumina bead~ broke down giving a .fin01y divided
~olid pha~ he produot zeolite h~d the compo~ition
3 Na2 1-9 Q2 ~123 52 SiO2 . 10 ~2
and its X-ra~ dif~raction pattern wa~ sub~tantiRlly the ~ame a~ that of the
low d spacing type of nu-l zeolite.
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.; Molar Contr;bution
; Ingredient ~1203 SiO2 BB20 Q~ o~r ~2
~ ____ _ _ _~ __ __ _~
Silica 801 459 ~ 2.3 17.85
Sodium hydrcxide 36.7g G-4~ O.92
M~ 29~ w/w aq. 180.6g o.496o.496 7-5
Silica/alumina
. ~2-3~ o.o~6 0.46
; c~acki~g oataly~t
(1 mm be~ds)
Wa~er 60.8 ~ ~ ~ N_ ~ N~ ~ ~ 67
o.o46 2.76 o.46 0.496 1.416 29,05
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The reaction mixture was as shown in ~able 11. The time was 2 day~,
a rockin~ autoclave was used a~d it~ linixlg wa~ mada of IlPyrff~ll (R.T.M.)
~he oolid ph~e resulti~ from thif3 reactioxl was in bead form. 3~nco~plete
formatia~ of ~olite nu-l had taken place a~ a re~ult of the low ~ilica
content a;nd alk 7inity of the reaction m~cture and ~hort raaction time.
The zeolite pxoduct had the chemical compocition
: 9 ~a20 1-5 ~ 0 ~1203 40 SiO2 . 15 H20
and an ~-ray diffraction patter~ characteri~tic of zeolite nu-l.
~LIn 11
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Molar Contribution
In~edie~t __ ._--r--_. __
~1 2 SiO2 ~a20 Q~ OH- ~2
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.~ Waterglas~ 59.3 g 0.27 00135 0,27 1.93
~MAO~ ~oluti~ 59 B 0.16 0016 2-46
. Sil~ca/alumlna 0.054 o~5
or~oklng oatæly~t
Water 575 ~ 31.9
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EXAMPLE 21
e ad~orption ~roperties
The dye ad~orption propertie~ of zeolite nu-l in two fo D 8, ~-
hy~rogen form contAin~n~ TMA and B-hydro~ form without ~MA, were
compared with tho~e of zeolites Y, ZSM 5 and mordenite, sach in hydro-
gxn form9 by adding 0.2 g of the zeolite to 5 ml of a saturated aqueou3
solution of the dye, 8haking ~or 5 minutea, allowing to st~nd overnight,
filterin~, wa~hing thoroughly and observing th~ extent of ooloration
of the zeolite. Th8 ad~orption o~ dyea oontaining cation ~roups is
shown in Table 12.
~EL~ l2
.: _ 1
.Zeolite ~,,____v_____ ~ _ ,_ __ ______ _
.~~¢ri~lavins Carbo- Methyl Ph~no- ~oluy~o~.r~
: c~anine Rad Safra~ine Red
_____~ __
:: Du-l(IM~ nil ve~y ot~g: ~e~y ~tr~ng ~ ~
~u-l puxple . .
.; (no qMA) nil V3ry strone: verr ~trong nil nil .
purple/blue
: Y medium nil nil ~il nil
Z~M 5 ve~y BtrOIl~ blue very Btrong very ~tron~ vsry ~tx~n~
~crdendto ~orbylster~g~ ~ll nil nil
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~he ad80rption of d~es not cont~ining cation group~ iB show:~ in q:able
13.
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Zeolite _ ~Y~ __
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rin Aurin C.I. 724
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nu-l (~) wea kIlil
nu-l (no ~) weakmedium nil
Y nil nil nil
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